Dental Assistant Schools in Missouri

Missouri contains
eighteen
schools that offer dental assistant programs.
Nichols Career Center,
the highest-ranking dental assistant school in MO, has a total student population of 78 and
is the
675th highest ranked school in America.

Of the 18 dental assistant schools
in Missouri,
only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid,
Allied College North comes out as the most expensive ($45,104/yr),
with Metropolitan Community College-Penn Valley as the lowest recorded at only $3,266/yr.

Dental Assistant students from Missouri schools who go on to become
dental assistants,
dental hygienists,
dental professionals, etc.
have a good chance at finding employment.
For example, there are 294,020 people working as
dental assistants alone in the US, and their average annual salary is
$34,000.
Also, Dental hygienists make on average $67,860 per year and there are about 173,900 of them employed in the US today.
In fact, in the Missouri alone, there are
2,240 employed dental hygienists earning an average yearly salary of
$63,980. Dental assistants in this state earn
$33,740/yr and there are 5,250 employed.

Also, within the dental assistant schools
in Missouri, the average student population is 2,183 and average student-to-faculty ratio is
16 to 1. Aside from dental assistant,
there are 4755 total
degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 1,482 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around
$4,695, but can vary widely depending on the type
of school.

Missouri Interesting Facts

Missouri is known as the "Show Me State".

The 'Show Me State' expression may have began in 1899 when Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver stated, "I'm from Missouri and you've got to show me."

The first successful parachute jump to be made from a moving airplane was made by Captain Berry at St. Louis, in 1912.

The most destructive tornado on record occurred in Annapolis. In 3 hours, it tore through the town on March 18, 1925 leaving a 980-foot wide trail of demolished buildings, uprooted trees, and overturned cars. It left 823 people dead and almost 3,000 injured.

At the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, Richard Blechyden, served tea with ice and invented iced tea.

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Dental Assistant Schools in Missouri

Missouri contains
eighteen
schools that offer dental assistant programs.
Nichols Career Center,
the highest-ranking dental assistant school in MO, has a total student population of 78 and
is the
675th highest ranked school in America.

Of the 18 dental assistant schools
in Missouri,
only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid,
Allied College North comes out as the most expensive ($45,104/yr),
with Metropolitan Community College-Penn Valley as the lowest recorded at only $3,266/yr.

Dental Assistant students from Missouri schools who go on to become
dental assistants,
dental hygienists,
dental professionals, etc.
have a good chance at finding employment.
For example, there are 294,020 people working as
dental assistants alone in the US, and their average annual salary is
$34,000.
Also, Dental hygienists make on average $67,860 per year and there are about 173,900 of them employed in the US today.
In fact, in the Missouri alone, there are
2,240 employed dental hygienists earning an average yearly salary of
$63,980. Dental assistants in this state earn
$33,740/yr and there are 5,250 employed.

Also, within the dental assistant schools
in Missouri, the average student population is 2,183 and average student-to-faculty ratio is
16 to 1. Aside from dental assistant,
there are 4755 total
degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 1,482 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around
$4,695, but can vary widely depending on the type
of school.

Missouri Interesting Facts

Missouri is known as the "Show Me State".

The 'Show Me State' expression may have began in 1899 when Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver stated, "I'm from Missouri and you've got to show me."

The first successful parachute jump to be made from a moving airplane was made by Captain Berry at St. Louis, in 1912.

The most destructive tornado on record occurred in Annapolis. In 3 hours, it tore through the town on March 18, 1925 leaving a 980-foot wide trail of demolished buildings, uprooted trees, and overturned cars. It left 823 people dead and almost 3,000 injured.

At the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, Richard Blechyden, served tea with ice and invented iced tea.